Ranges Leading Petty Officer Citations
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS RANGE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP SQUADRON TWO FROM MARCH 2024 TO APRIL 2026. DURING THIS PERIOD, CHIEF REIDY LED 31 SAILORS IN COMBAT SYSTEMS TASKING AND ASSESSMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE OPERATIONAL READINESS OF 10 LITTORAL COMBAT SHIPS AND TWO PRE-COMMISSIONING UNITS. ADDITIONALLY, HE OVERSAW THE PROCESSING OF 84 TONS OF ORDNANCE AND COORDINATED THE EXECUTION OF 241 RANGES AND FIREARMS TRAINING ITERATIONS, RESULTING IN THE QUALIFICATION OF 2,458 WATCH STANDERS. FURTHER, HE OVERSAW THE OPERATION AND UPKEEP OF COMLCSRON TWO'S ARMORY, MAINTAINING 99 SMALL ARMS AND CREW SERVED WEAPONS. CHIEF REIDY'S UNSWERVING DETERMINATION, WISE JUDGMENT, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS THE TRAINING AND RANGES DEPARTMENTAL LEADING PETTY OFFICER AT JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK-FORT STORY FROM JUNE 2020 TO SEP 2021. PETTY OFFICER REDDISH PERFORMED EFFICIENTLY AND LED 42 SAILORS IN THE EXECUTION OF ALL LIGHTHOUSE DUTIES, RANGE OPERATIONS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES COMPRISED OF 5,000 WORK HOURS WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES. ADDITIONALLY, AS THE N3R LIMDU COORDINATOR, HE METICULOUSLY MANAGED ALL DEPARTMENTAL MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS AND MEDICAL STATUSES TO ENSURE ALL MEDICAL BOARD REQUIREMENTS WERE MET. PETTY OFFICER REDDISH'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS AMMUNITION NCO DURING RANGE TRAINING. LANCE CORPORAL NELSON'S FORESIGHT AND PREPARATION PROVIDED FOR THE SAFE AND TIMELY TRANSPORTATION OF ALL OF ALPHA COMPANY'S ORDNANCE TO NINE DIFFERENT RANGES, FACILITATING THE SUCCESSFUL TRAINING OF 166 MARINES. THIS RESULTED IN THE MARINES' INCREASED PROFICIENCY IN M203, ROCKET, AND M67 FRAGMENTATION EMPLOYMENT, LIVE FIRE SQUAD ATTACKS, CLOSE QUARTER COMBAT, LIVE FIRE PLATOON ATTACKS, AND MILITARY OPERATIONS ON URBAN TERRAIN (MOUT). LANCE CORPORAL NELSON WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS DUTIES, DEMONSTRATING INITIATIVE AND LEADERSHIP BY COORDINATING NECESSARY WORKING PARTIES, PULLING AND RETURNING ALL REQUIRED AMMUNITION, AND POLICING DUNNAGE. LANCE CORPORAL NELSON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS THE NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA SMALL ARMS RANGE LEADING PETTY OFFICER FROM AUGUST 2011 TO SEPTEMBER 2014. AS RANGE SAFETY OFFICER AND SMALL ARMS MARKSMANSHIP INSTRUCTOR, PETTY OFFICER THOMPSON CONDUCTED OVER 2,000 HOURS OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR 674 GUN SHOOTS, QUALIFYING 13,600 PERSONNEL. IN ADDITION, HE WAS TASKED WITH STANDING UP THE NAS PENSACOLA WEAPONS DEPARTMENT. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, HE COORDINATED A CNIC DIRECTED SWITCH IN RANGE AND TRANSFERRED AA&E RELATED ITEMS INCLUDING 19 SAFES, 710 CAT I & II WEAPONS, EIGHT WEAPONS MAGAZINES, AND 750,000 DOLLARS IN CAT I & II ORDNANCE FROM NMC JACKSONVILLE TO NAS PENSACOLA. FURTHER, HE ASSUMED THE DUTIES OF THE ORDNANCE INVENTORY MANAGER. DESPITE MINIMAL TRAINING, HE FLAWLESSLY TRACKED OVER 700 AMMUNITION TRANSACTIONS WHILE PASSING AN ESI WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER THOMPSON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS WEAPONS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, LOGISTICS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, AND MORALE WELFARE AND RECREATION (MWR) PRESIDENT AT NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER DETACHMENT, ATLANTIC UNDERSEA TESTING AND EVALUATION CENTER, ANDROS ISLAND, BAHAMAS FROM OCTOBER 2010 TO OCTOBER 2013. DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL SKILL AND FOCUSED LEADERSHIP, PETTY OFFICER IBARRA SUPERBLY TRAINED AND QUALIFIED 89 NAVAL SECURITY FORCE PERSONNEL IN 104 SECURITY FORCE WEAPONS PERSONNEL QUALIFICATION STANDARDS WHICH EFFECTIVELY INCREASED THE DEPARTMENT'S STANDARD BY 215 PERCENT. ADDITIONALLY, ALTHOUGH ISOLATED 530 MILES FROM THE NEAREST RANGE, HE PLANNED AND ORCHESTRATED FIVE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PISTOL AND RIFLE RANGES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO 88 QUALIFICATIONS. FUTHERMORE, HE SINGLE-HANDLY COORDINATED THE COMMAND'S FIRST EVER CREW SERVED WEAPON RANGE, IMPROVING SAILOR CONFIDENCE AND READINESS EXPONENTIALLY. PETTY OFFICER IBARRA'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.